Burns
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 329-334 , 1 June 2001

The utility of a burn specific measure of pain anxiety to prospectively predict pain and function: a comparative analysis

  • L.A Aaron

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine and Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-206-521-1730; fax: +1-206-521-1930
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  • D.R Patterson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington Burn Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • C.P Finch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington Burn Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • G.J Carrougher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington Burn Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • D.M Heimbach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Washington Burn Center, Seattle, WA, USA

,Accepted 1 November 2000.

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